Teaming up to save a life

8:20 PM,
Apr. 9, 2013

Written by

Dan DeFrancesco

Tragedy was averted at a local lacrosse tournament on Sunday thanks to the rapid reaction of several people in attendance.

Referee George Beisheim, a South Salem resident, was revived by North Rockland trainer Carol Guzinski, Dr. Jim O'Brien, a Queensbury resident, and Greg Walker, a Suffern girls youth lacrosse coach, after suffering a heart attack at the third annual Hudson Valley Youthfest girls lacrosse tournament held at Suffern Middle School.

"It went like it was supposed to," said Guzinski, who teaches AED, CPR and first-aid certification classes. "There was no panic or ...